Thang Loi Resort
Travel Blogs from Phu Quoc Island
A Holiday from the Holiday
Here we are again! After some time of no (affordable) modern communication devices in range we finally settled and found a place to update the travel block again. So, on we go with Phu Quoc:
After a lot of traveling to all the several places in Vietnam we visited, we eventually really needed a "holiday from the holiday" and planned to hang out …
Sunset, huts and a host who likes punk
A forty five minute drive in a taxi with another couple from Australia called Hugh and Izzy, we arrive after a dusty and bumpy ride to this isolated spot.
Chanced not booking and our host luckily advises he has a cabin spare for at least a night, things are starting to busy up we realise.
10-12 cabins dotted around the property …
Tropical island
Op 26 maart was het dan zover! Het tropisch eiland wacht op ons! Het Phu Quoc Island! Eerst vanuit Chau Doc met de bus naar Rach Gia toe gegaan. Een klein gezellig busje waar we middels een woordenlijst hebben gekletst met een Vietnamese man: mobiele telefoons uit China zijn niet goed, daar hebben we zekers een half uur mee gevuld..... Daarna in …
Pronounced Fooo-ark
The day started off with Melissa restraining Richard from throwing our taxi driver into the river... imagine asking for a taxi from Blue Lagoon to Absa Stadium, but the driver goes along the M4 to Argyle and then comes back along NMR... and we could SEE THE FERRY IN THE PARALLEL ROAD AND IT WAS SO OBVIOUS HE WAS DRIVING US IN A LOOP! THIEF, THIEF, …
The Travel Blob Entry from Phu Quoc
Immediate family will be familiar with our determined view that this South East Asia trip not be called a holiday, but rather a "travelling career-break". A “holiday” is lounging around on the beach sipping cocktails, travelling is stressful taxis, buses, hotel rooms and scam dodging. In light of these differences, we describe the next …